Uh, what, tell us about what, what that encompasses and, uh, who you are.

Yeah.

So let me start with the district first, and then I'll, uh, introduce myself.

And again, thank you for having me on.

But this is the North Shore Merrimack Valley.

These are the 39 cities and towns that make up the Massachusetts 6th Congressional District.

This is Lynn to Newburyport, out west to Andover, North Andover.

Well, tell us what he's doing now as, as, as the election campaign is supposedly in full swing here.

I

mean, if that's the case, that's the wrong reason to be in it.

I want to run for Congress because I deeply love this country.

I think people don't realize, and it's one of those things you can't...

The rest of the world is not the North Shore of the Merrimack Valley.

And I feel so fortunate that I've had the opportunity to travel extensively as a civilian, as a student, as a soldier.

And whenever I leave the United States and return home, I feel so lucky to have been born American, to have an American passport.

I

If I was reading through your resume correctly, I also saw that you were a former Democrat at one point.

Absolutely.

And that's been something that I really feel strongly about and highlighting.

So, that's exactly correct, Matt, in that I used to be a registered Democrat.

I really viewed myself as a JFK Democrat, a Kennedy Democrat.

And what I mean by that is that like so many Americans, I think I always admired President Kennedy's policies, particularly that famous quote, ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.

That's something that really stayed with me my entire life.

In terms of Iran in particular, I mean, is this another forever war that we've gotten in locked in? But I'm curious, too, as you mentioned Iran as one of the big threats, do you feel like it's a necessary situation that we found ourselves in?